PIDDLE install problems

[dsavitsk]

the answer to this from the PIDDLE Yahoo! group is to unzip and copy the
contents of \src\ to the Python Path.

-d


"dsavitsk" <dsavitsk at e-coli.net> wrote in message
news:AT5d9.6490$yt3.3042205 at newssrv26.news.prodigy.com...
> I am trying to install PIDDLE (Win2k, 2.1.3 ).  I downloaded the recent
.zip
> file, unzipped it to C:\piddle-1.0.15, cd'd to that directory, typed
"python
> setup.py install" and received the following error.
>
> ...
> copying src\piddle\python.gif -> C:\Python\piddle
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 28, in ?
>     packages = ['piddle', 'piddle.piddleGTK', 'piddle.piddleSVG',
> 'piddle.piddle
> TK2'] )
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\core.py", line 138, in setup
>     dist.run_commands()
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 899, in run_commands
>     self.run_command(cmd)
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 919, in run_command
>     cmd_obj.run()
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 484, in run
>     self.run_command(cmd_name)
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 328, in run_command
>     self.distribution.run_command(command)
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 919, in run_command
>     cmd_obj.run()
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\command\install_data.py", line 60, in run
>     dir = convert_path(f[0])
>   File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\util.py", line 86, in convert_path
>     if pathname[0] == '/':
> IndexError: string index out of range
>
> is this unusual (the same happened w/ 1.0.14), and does anyone know a way
to
> get around this, or why it is happening?
>
> thanks,
>
> -doug
>
>